The use of buy cycles is specified by the project requirement; it is not mandatory in Smart Materials Web. A buy cycle is intended to group requisitions according to a phase (buy cycle) of a project. This allows management of requisitions and Purchase Orders (PO) according to the buy cycle associated with the PO. A buy cycle is defined by a date range and can be defined differently for each discipline.
Requisition buy cycles are defined on the Home > Requisitions > Requisition Buy Cycles screen.